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You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.
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when dancing is right, the movement possesss a logic common to us all, an inevitability that takes it beyond the personal and egocentric and makes of it classical art.
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I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!
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Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.
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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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I've always thought my creative life began the moment my mother called me Twyla.
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I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.
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A dancer's life is all about repetition.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
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You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.
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In the end all collaborations are love stories.
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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative.
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I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
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